The Interior Department announced it was canceling government auctions of drilling rights in the Chukchi ...

The Interior Department announced it was canceling government auctions of drilling rights in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, previously scheduled for 2016 and 2017 respectively. At the same time, it fo ...

A dozen Democrats insist oil companies aren't telling shareholders the gritty reality of their crude pursuits, including the environmental and financial risks of drilling in the Arctic Ocean and other ...

Shell has already been drilling the well for more than two weeks. But BSEE had ordered the company to hal ...

Shell has already been drilling the well for more than two weeks. But BSEE had ordered the company to halt after completing the top 3,000 feet, because critical emergency equipment were not nearby to ...

Shell could begin work within days, but the government-imposed restrictions could keep its drill bits fro ...

Shell could begin work within days, but the government-imposed restrictions could keep its drill bits from reaching potential oil-bearing rock thousands of feet below the surface of the Chukchi Sea. ...

Shell is counting on the Fennica to keep ice at bay during normal drilling operations as well as any oil ...

Shell is counting on the Fennica to keep ice at bay during normal drilling operations as well as any oil spill response, noted 10 environmental groups in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it could not authorize sound from Shell's planned drilling of wells ro ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service said it could not authorize sound from Shell's planned drilling of wells roughly nine miles apart to disturb walruses in the Chukchi Sea, because a 2013 requirement manda ...

It was not immediately clear Tuesday whether the restriction highlighted by environmentalists opposed to ...

It was not immediately clear Tuesday whether the restriction highlighted by environmentalists opposed to Shell's Arctic drilling campaign would derail the company's plans, but it could be a major stum ...